πάχνη

pachne

hoar-frost, rime

Appears 19 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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Meteorology 11
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Book I 9
Chapter 10 347a13–347b11

347a16
347a16
347a23
347a30

Chapter 11 347b12–33

347b16
347b23
347b24
347b30

Chapter 12 347b34–349a11

349a10
Book III 1
Chapter 6 377a29–378b6

378a31
Book IV 1
Chapter 10 388a10–389a23

388b12
Generation of Animals 4
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Book V 4
Chapter 4 784a23–785a6

784b16
784b17
784b20
784b22
De Mundo 2
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Chapter 2 391b9–392b13

392b10
Chapter 4 394a7–396a32

394a25
History of Animals 2
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Book VIII 2
Chapter 7 595b4–21

595b16

Chapter 10 596a13–596b9

596b1

Dictionary (LSJ)

πάχνη, ἡ, (πήγνυμι) A. hoar-frost, rime (defined as frozen rain, Posidon. ap. D.L. 7.153), Od. 14.476 ; π. ἑῴα A. Pr. 25 ; τὸ ἐπὶ γῆς συμπαγὲν ἐκ δρόσου γενόμενον π. λέγεται Pl. Ti. 59e ; opp. κρύσταλλος, Theognet. 1.3 : pl., πάχναι καὶ χάλαζαι Pl. Smp. 188b ; ἀπέκαυσεν ἡ π. τὰς ἀμπέλους Philippid. 25.4. 2. metaph., γήρως εὐρῶτα καὶ πάχνην the mould and frost of age, descriptive of an old manʼs grey hair, Com.Adesp. 650a, cf. 381 ; π. κουροβόρος clotted blood of the eaten children, A. Ag. 1512 (lyr.).

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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